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The Art of Taxidermy with Joe Dabulskis at the Sherman County Museum, May 1

Weather: Sherman Experiment Station April Statistics

Links: Things to Think About & Things to Do

Editorial Policy: Spiritual Matters, a Friday Column

Editorial Policy: News, Calendar and Classified Ads

Editorial Policy: Letters to the Editor

“Women wore corsets, bustles and hoop skirts. They rode sidesaddle. They braided their hair and sported bangs. Babies were delivered at home. Most men wore a long beard, and everybody sported a mustache. It was hard to tell what color the beard was for the tobacco smoke, dust, gravy and egg in it.” ~ Curtis A. Tom [1880-1960]

1. Sherman County Historical Museum Opens for the Season, May 1

Moro, OR – On May 1st the national award-winning Sherman County Historical Museum opens for the season and visitors are welcome daily 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. through October.

During the month of May take in the artwork of students from Sherman County Elementary and Journey Through Time, and learn about Sherman County and enjoy the exhibits that share this county’s heritage. All visitors will enjoy being greeted by the friendly volunteers and experiencing the first-rate interpretive and hands-on exhibits at the museum as they learn about Sherman County.

The Sherman County Historical Museum is located at 200 Dewey Street in Moro, Oregon. For more information call 541-565-3232 or visit our Facebook page and website: www.shermanmuseum.org

2. TODAY! The Art of Taxidermy with Joe Dabulskis

Along with viewing artifacts and photographs of the past check out the temporary display The Art of Taxidermy. Visit the museum today, Sunday, May 1st from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and learn more about taxidermy, preservation and local wildlife with Joe Dabulskis. See Joe as he works on and demonstrates how taxidermy is done while enjoying his stories and appreciation of our local wildlife.

3. Weather: Sherman Experiment Station April Statistics

~ Erling Jacobsen

2016

air temp

air temp

air temp

snow

snow

wind

evapor.

evapor.

evapor.

evapor.

max water

min water

soil temp

soil temp

soil temp

soil temp

APRIL

APRIL

max

min

current

precip

new

on grnd.

MPD

reading

adjust.

daily

year total

temp

temp

4″ max

4″min

4″set

12″

2016

1

72

39

49

71

2.33

0.21

63

49

54

51

1

2

76

46

54

75

2.14

0.19

67

53

57

54

2

3

65

38

47

168

1.84

0.3

64

55

56

55

3

4

73

42

46

0.01

171

1.5

2.96

0.35

66

54

57

55

4

5

62

39

44

T

205

2.81

0.17

57

53

53

53

5

6

57

36

50

112

2.65

0.16

54

51

52

53

6

7

76

37

54

55

2.37

0.28

66

51

56

54

7

8

73

43

51

95

2.1

0.27

65

55

58

55

8

9

78

49

59

83

1.97

0.13

70

57

61

58

9

10

71

48

50

257

1.47

2.84

0.5

68

61

61

59

10

11

68

44

49

196

2.58

0.26

68

58

59

58

11

12

63

44

44

237

2.18

0.4

65

59

59

58

12

13

57

37

45

0.01

153

2.05

0.14

62

55

55

56

13

14

57

32

35

0.01

84

1.88

0.18

62

56

56

55

14

15

55

34

44

0.08

204

1.81

0.15

58

51

51

52

15

16

57

31

42

T

161

1.7

0.11

60

50

51

53

16

17

67

35

50

59

1.53

2.98

0.17

64

50

55

55

17

18

72

39

60

103

2.73

0.25

65

54

57

55

18

19

78

42

61

72

2.32

0.41

70

56

60

58

19

20

81

40

63

51

2.12

0.2

73

59

62

60

20

21

81

48

58

T

114

1.72

0.4

73

60

65

61

21

22

73

44

56

103

1.56

2.66

0.16

70

64

64

60

22

23

62

45

50

0.01

223

2.54

0.13

65

59

60

59

23

24

61

42

45

T

210

2.27

0.27

65

59

59

59

24

25

57

38

42

253

1.85

0.42

64

56

56

57

25

26

57

33

45

258

1.58

0.27

62

55

55

56

26

27

62

40

48

157

1.41

2.96

0.17

65

54

58

56

27

28

62

40

47

165

2.7

0.26

66

58

59

56

28

29

65

44

50

215

2.36

0.34

67

60

60

57

29

30

59

43

52

248

2.09

0.25

63

58

58

56

30

31

31

SUM

1997

1212

1490

0.12

4558

SUM

7.50

1947

1670

1724

1684

SUM

AVG.

66.6

40.4

49.7

151.9

AVG.

0.25

64.9

55.7

57.5

56.1

AVG.

6.3

Total precipitation for April 2016 is .12″ which is .68″ below normal.

The average minimum air temperature is 40.4°.

Total precipitation for 2015/2016 crop year is 9.29″ which is .03″ below normal.

The average air temperature for April 2016 is 53.5°.

The highest air temperature was 81° on the 20th.

The long term average air temperature for April is 47.5°.

The lowest air temperature was 31° on the 16th .

4″ soil temperature ranged from 73° to 49°.

Long time air temperature averages indicate we could expect 76° and 26°.

6. Editorial Policy: News, Calendar and Classified Ads

Please! Use Friday Classifieds for thank you and congratulatory notes, commendations, and ads.

Sherman County eNews publishes free Classifiedson Fridays – deadline Wednesday at 5. Include who, what, where, when, how, why… and, please, a final Friday date (shown in small numerals at the end of the ad), contact information, under 50 words if possible, and limited to the area Columbia River south to include Shaniko and Antelope and between the John Day and Deschutes rivers. Links welcome.

7. Editorial Policy: Letters to the Editor

Sherman County eNews welcomes Letters to the Editor.

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Letters posted in Sherman County eNews are posted for the exchange of ideas and opinions of its readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor.

Sherman County eNews reserves the right to change policies at any time and to reject or edit any Letter to the Editor.